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I don't have any amazing boutique amps so my profiling attempt was with a Laney TT100. To be fair, the profiles came out pretty good considering it was my first attempt but they're not amazing by a long chalk. Profiling seems to be a bit of an art form, with mic placement, speakers, DI or not and the refining process all to be taken into consideration. I found the refining process to be crucial and poor results came with both under and over refining.
If you have a) a great rig and/or b) access to a few great amps then it's definitely worth doing and learning as you go. It might take a few attempts but, once you get the process down, I'm sure excellent results can be achieved. If, like me, you've just got a couple of OK amps laying around, then I'm not sure it's worth bothering, bearing in mind the quality of many commercial profiles and a good number of free ones out there.
Doing this was the point at which I realised that taking my valve amps out on ‘the road’ anymore wasn’t worthwhile..
I do however use commercial profiles to fill in the gaps..
Si
So many good profiles out there now, not worth the effort for me
Thr best I’ve heard imho are the Tone Junkie and the Brian Clare. In fact I purchased his everything pack which includes all future upgrades and releases free.
His use of the blue comps (before) and red (booster ?) after the amps are v interesting
Of course do bear in mind that it's the mic'd sound and not the amp in the room. If I want a Marshall stack 'feel' then I plug my KPA into a Fryette PS2 with a 1960 cab. Not practical but what a roar.. for gigging my XiTone FRFR is just the ticket however..
I still can't help buying valve amps however
Si
I've even profiled a CB radio for fun.
It sounded shit, but wonderfully shit.
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If you don’t need tons of sounds and am more like me, preferring one or two core sounds with pedals to boost, perhaps of amps you already own, I’d go real amps and UA ox instead.
I got one with the intention of profiling my amps
particularly during recording so if I ever had to go back and do some overdubs I would have a reasonable facsimile of the amp
when it came down to it though I discovered I could not be arsed with the faff
Unless it’s a commercial release I pretty much just use Helix Native now. It’s the sound I’m used to (I’m actually reasonably sure no-one would be able to accuratly tell the difference between my Virtual amps and my real amps)
There are a couple of profiles on the Kemper which I think are irreplaceable so I look at it as another amp rather than a profiler